Donna Marcus! Well, she is just the most adorable and sweetest little lady, and I think she's a very creative woman. In a way I find it interesting to lament on the stereotype (as different to archetype ;)) of the typical modern day woman, belonging in the kitchen, etc, and the funny way that Donna has taken all these stereotypically womanly objects and taken them out of the kitchen and turned them into clever works of art. I particularly liked the salmon jelly molds (or whatever those were) and the steamers. When Miss Hampton showed us the images in class I had no idea how clever some of these things were.
Now Donna had a lot to say in terms of assemblage and turning things into junk. Tomorrow we got to the Op Shop to get a piece for our assemblage unit, and we have now been told to link this to an archetype. I thought I should take this time to have a look at some of the archetypes that most appeal to me. (in the quiz we were given, I mostly got the Magician and the Orphan. This didn't really surprise me, because I know that I'm an incredibly needy and vulnerable person, but I also know that I am quite broad-minded. I also really like dragons.)
So my favourite archetypes are:
Enchantress - I have found a lot on this idea of an "enchantress" - who is not so much of a femme fatale or anything like that as I had previously thought, but more as a morbid, slightly melancholic, but more of the kind of wicked queen kind of image in fairy tales. I always think we treat them worse than they deserve- they're mostly just old and cranky.
The sage or the magician - They probably aren't really, but I imagine them as very similar characters. Both smart, I suppose.
Miss Hampton also said that we are attracted to people who will make us feel how we want to, etc, and kind of complement us how we want to. So I thought about that, and then I thought about my boyfriend who I've been with for about a year now, and the characteristics I attribute to him.
I mostly think of him as like a dog kind of person, like all you have to do is feed them and rub their belly and they'll love you forever, and he's kind of like that. Reliable. Low-maintence.
He's not much of a bad boy really, so I guess I'm not after femininity.
He's smart, so I guess I'm not looking to feel really intelligent.
He's very tall, and I always like to feel short and small, but that's less psychological. I guess because he's all tall and can like lift me over his head I feel pretty safe, and I have some deeply stemming safety issues.
He's very polite.
I don't know Miss Hampton, you might have to give me some help with this one, because I'm not really sure what this one means.
SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR ASSEMBLAGE
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